According to a posting on her official web site, Marj Dusay (Vanessa Cortlandt) has been released from her contract with All My Children.

In January, talk of Dusay's imminent exit surfaced when her character was revealed to be an international drug lord using the moniker "Proteus." While soaps are notorious for writing bad-doers out of seemingly impossible situations, AMC viewers began to wonder if a woman who had committed murder several times over was redeemable.

Though the exit rumors began to swirl, Dusay had just signed a new multi-year deal with the show in December. According to an industry insider, however, most shows have "out clauses" that allow them to cancel a performer's contract about every 13 weeks. It is believed that the network has opted to exercise this right.